This years Richard Tucker Foundation Gala a perennial highlight of the opera season celebrates Richard Tuckers centennial with performances by many of the worlds greatest voices and a salute to this years award winner, Isabel Leonard.

Veteran polar explorer Tim Jarvis is on a mission to discover exactly what happened on the most famous survival story in expedition history Sir Ernest Shackletons 800-mile boat journey across the Southern Ocean and deadly mountain crossing of South Georgia. Series: This new three-part series follows a m...

Richard tours a neighborhood curiosity: a water tank disguised as a Greek temple. Tom and Kevin make some dramatic discoveries while demolishing the kitchen and baths, Roger moves a massive rhododendron and Norm checks out one of the finest surviving examples of the Italianate Style: the over-the-top Vict...

A Pretty Girl Guest: Janet Lennon This show opens with a lively version of "A Pretty Girl". Myron Floren and JoAnn Castle and their flying fingers play the "Hot Foot Polka". The Lennon Sisters are featured in "Darlin' Meggie", and Larry Hooper sings his hit song "Oh Happy Day". "The Music Lesson"...

For more than 50 years, George Younce was one the most beloved singers in gospel music. Through four decades as the heart of the Cathedrals Quartet, Younce endeared himself to audiences as much through his good humor as through his incredible low notes. This episode salutes the life and legacy of this gr...

Sherlock and Watson pursue the trail of the Baskerville experiments top-secret government research on genetically engineered gigantic animals for military use. Or so it is rumored. Whatever the truth, something big is up on the moors.

From the producers of the critically acclaimed Soundstage comes the second season of FRONT AND CENTER (previously titled Front Row Center) . Utilizing state-of-the-art production techniques, the nine-part concert series caters to the live music fan, with each episode delivering powerful performances from some of the...

In Norwegian Lapland, Holly travels by dogsled south from Alta toward the Sami people's most important celebration - the Easter Festival, where she enters the annual reindeer racing competition. She then departs for the Finnmarksvidda Plateau to round up more than 800 reindeer and to glimpse the famous Northern...

In the early 20th century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoners treasure chest: radioactive radium in health tonics, thallium in depilatory creams, morphine in teething medicine and potassium cyanide in cleaning supplies. While the tools of the murderers trade multiplied as the pace of industrial innovation increased, the scientific knowledge (and political will) to detect and prevent the crimes lagged. This changed in 1918, whe...

This documentary investigates one of America's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem -- today, a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. The Department of Defense estimates there were a staggering 22,800 violent sex crimes in the military in 2011. Among all active-duty female soldiers, 20 percent ar...

In the early 20th century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoners treasure chest: radioactive radium in health tonics, thallium in depilatory creams, morphine in teething medicine and potassium cyanide in cleaning supplies. While the tools of the murderers trade multiplied as the pace of industrial innovation increased, the scientific knowledge (and political will) to detect and prevent the crimes lagged. This changed in 1918, whe...

Through the lens of 26 independent films, America ReFramed tells the many stories of a transforming American culture and its broad diversity. In these weekly 60 or 90 minute independent films, the series takes an unfiltered look at relevant domestic topics (healthcare,immigration, the workplace, and politics) with personal storytelling tied to programming social themes.
America ReFramed showcases films that will give viewers a snapshot of the transforming American...